Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series lands on 4K UHD 30th April 2024 and Variety debut this clip from behind-the-scenes as Hayden Christensen enters the bacta tank to film his scenes as Darth Vader in the 2022 Disney Plus series. The video isn’t embeddable, so click here to watch the BTS clip.
In “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Lucasfilm resurrected more with its 2022 series for Disney+ than just the eponymous Jedi Master, who’d gone into hiding after the events of “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.” The show also rekindled his greatest conflict — perhaps his greatest failure — with former apprentice Anakin Skywalker, transformed by the dark side of the Force into Sith Lord Darth Vader. And it additionally brought back multiple elements of franchise iconography that go all of the way back to the original films — in particular, the bacta tank.
In a clip from the upcoming physical media release of the show, Lucasfilm explores how its creative team built the tank, and prepared Christensen for playing the scarred character underwater without the help of an oxygen regulator. “It was really important to test it out ahead of time to make sure the lighting was correct, the water color was correct, to make sure that the prosthetic held up, and there weren’t any air bubbles,” explains associate producer Stephanie Peters. “Because we weren’t cheating it. It was Hayden without any sort of breathing apparatus, doing breath holds.”
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